Category: Powerful lessons

Never make a decision from a state of fatigue, panic, or external pressure. Step away, find silence, and allow clarity to surface before you commit to something.” ~ Katharine Hepburn

If you want to know your purpose, pay attention to what stays with you — the ideas you can’t forget, the things you return to even when they’re difficult, the work that refuses to let you go. That’s your soul speaking.” ~ Joseph Campbell

Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it, I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows.” ~ Michael Landon

“In the end, if I could give you one bit of advice, it would be to find what you love and do it as well as you can. Pursue your dream… and even if you never catch it, you’ll enjoy the chase.” ~ Michael Caine

“A goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to aim at. … The value of a big goal is not just in the achievement, but in the person you are forced to become to reach it.” ~ Bruce Lee

“I have discovered that the real tragedy is not failure, but living without direction. A person with a clear purpose can endure almost anything. A person without one is defeated by almost everything.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

“Always be completely honest with yourself about what you want. That’s incredibly important. Don’t live according to what you think other people want of you. Do what moves you. Even if it makes no sense to anyone else.” ~ Anthony Hopkins

“One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as though there aren’t enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get…

“Don’t be overwhelmed by the length of the road that leads you to your dreams. Take a step closer every day, no matter how small. The key is consistency. Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” ~ Vincent Van Gogh

“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. He is considered successful in our day who gets more out of life than he puts in. But a man of value will give more than he receives.” ~ Albert Einstein

“I believe every day is a chance to change your life. You can’t rewrite the past, but you can start over each morning with a new choice, and that choice becomes your future.” ~ Michael Caine

When you’re humble, life keeps teaching you. When you’re proud, it stops bothering.” ~ Epictetus

Every morning I wake up, I remind myself that no promise was made for today. That’s where gratitude begins—in knowing this moment is a gift I didn’t earn, but still get to live.” ~ Johnny Cash

Each morning I think of one thing I’m grateful for. It might be the sound of rain or the smell of coffee. Gratitude is not about the grand events—it’s about noticing the small mercies that keep you alive inside.” ~ Maya Angelou

You were right about everything. Except this one thing… ~

Welcome to Earth. Here are the rules… ~

Someone is taking their last walk outside right now. Here’s why it matters so much… ~

Here’s how the life of toddler can teach you to be the happiest person in the world. (Lessons everyone should learn from toddlers)… ~

Your life becomes what you give your attention to. Most people don’t realize this until it’s too late. The difficult part isn’t knowing, it’s applying… ~

Life is built from choices. The better your choices, the better your life. But how can you improve the choices you make? ~

Every day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death. Do not let these small lives pass you by in a blur of indifference.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer

Maya Angelou once wrote: You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you. This is why it’s so important… ~

Frank Sinatra once said “You’ve got to live each day as if it’s your last. Not in a reckless way, but in a way that makes you proud of how you spent it, should it really be the last.” This is what he meant… ~

The smartest man in the world, YoungHoon Kim, who has an estimated IQ of 276, has revealed the most important lesson in the world. Get ready, this is it… ~

Johnny Cash once said “Every morning I wake up, I remind myself that no promise was made for today. That’s where gratitude begins—in knowing this moment is a gift I didn’t earn, but still get to live.” Johnny Cash realized something profound that most of us never think about… ~

Einstein once wrote: “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” But what did he mean? ~

According to a study by the University of London, you lose 10% of you’re IQ if you make this common, every day, mistake. That’s twice as bad as the equivalent of being high on canabis! And yet almost everyone does this. Here it is… ~

Why you should never trust someone who’s very confident. This technique might save you thousands of dollars. ~

Decisions are the foundations of your life — use ‘second order thinking’ to make better ones. This slideshow explains how. ~